Pervasive racism behind every tree

I got drawn into this fight by Aunt B's incendiary post in response to an observation by Nathan Moore about the slant of a recent Tennessean article, entitled "Racial Gap is Wider Here than Nationally."

You work the syllogism:

The pertinent data reflects there is a "racial gap" concerning poverty (and home ownership) in TN.

The pertinent data (not to mention common sense) reflects that unwed, single-parent households have inordinately low-incomes.

The pertinent data reflects that non-white races have a higher rate of unwed, single-parent households.

The Tennessean concludes--and asserts with "supporting evidence," that racism is causing blacks to have disproportionately (as far as racial comparisons) low incomes.